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On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 12:57 PM, Ted Bradley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Please delete my e-mail address from your files - Thankyou > > On Saturday 23 February 2008 17.22:28 Cyrus Jones wrote: > > I am going to make myself clear as I said before. And I would prefer > > the response of some in charge of the Beta Testers team or Canonical. > > > > Let me take a hypothetical example. Let me say me real, actual name > > (like that on my passport) is not Cyrus Jones, but rather Inghstesrt > > Gh Alberhisoneas. This name has no results on Internet search queries, > > such as Google. Compare that with Cyrus Jones. There are plenty of > > results on the Internet, although it is quite possible that other > > people exist under that name as well. Why can't Cyrus Jones be used, > > especially when it is an online identity. Even people who are only > > comfortable with two realistic names should be satisified. For all > > practical purposes, Cyrus Jones is the person's real name; Inghstesrt > > Gh Alberhisoneas is both an awkward name and not mentioned. Could > > someone in charge please respond? > > > > Additionally, let us take the case of authors of books. Many used pen > > names. Some used pen names to disguise themselves for a limited period > > of time, like in the case of female writers like Charlotte Brontë. > > However, other people like Samuel Langhorne Clemens used the pen names > > permanently, making their pen name much more noticed and important as > > their book writing identity than their real name. Mark Twain vs. > > Samuel Langhorne Clemens. Even though this is a well known example, > > Mark Twain nearly 100 times as many as many results on a Google web > > query in comparison with Samuel Langhorne Clemens. See the point? > > > > As said before, is this some kind of registration where we need > > background checks. Even if we accept the belief (which I don't > > necessarily agree with) that a person must use their realistic name > > (specifically two or three names), it is unbelievable that a realistic > > pseudonym cannot be used, especially when no one can tell the > > difference (and as in the hypothetical example, is the only name to > > have a background on the Internet). > > > > On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 5:38 AM, Sarah Hobbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > Scott wrote: > > > > Sarah Hobbs wrote: > > > >> A name is just that - a means of representing someone. So is a > > > >> nickname. I don't see the difference, > > > >> but I'm aware that it makes some other people feel better, if > they're > > > >> talking to someone who uses two > > > >> words to address themselves, instead of one. > > > > > > > > Do those who use no one, not two, but THREE names get extra credit? > ;) > > > > > > > > Strangely a number of devs are fond of both their first *and* > middle > > > > names. > > > > > > > > I've always been intrigued by this. :) > > > > > > > > I have no idea :) I've been known to use three names myself (Flying > > > Spaghetti Monster) for my IRC for a long time. Perhaps i'll go back > to > > > doing that one day... > > > > > > > > > Hobbsee > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > > > > > iD8DBQFHv/ex7/o1b30rzoURAmvPAJ9lIpYpBVKzkhJZZ1n/9K5L/t8FUACgrmjq > > > tQnQugjmwwjug8HviJNYZio= > > > =kAuc > > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > launchpad-users mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/launchpad-users > > > > -- > launchpad-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/launchpad-users >
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